Ruling · Rathayātrā · 2004

Saturday 19 June

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 523 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 19 June

Taken. The only midday Dvitīyā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 20 June

Dvitīyā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Dvitīyā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Dvitīyā runs from 01:53 on Sat 19 Jun to 04:10 on Sun 20 Jun.

    2004-06-18T22:53:08Z → 2004-06-20T01:10:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:53–13:41 on the 19th, 12:53–13:41 on the 20th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Dvitīyā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 31381 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rathayātrā, Bucharest, 2004: Saturday 19 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rathayātrā 2004 falls on Saturday 19 June. Dvitīyā runs from 01:53 on Sat 19 Jun to 04:10 on Sun 20 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2004/rathayatra · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 19 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 19 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 19 Jun
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/rathayatra · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Dvitīyā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 2 Rathayatra (paraviddha, special when combined with naksatra 'Pusya')” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102. The row calls the day special with Puṣya nakṣatra; the nakṣatra is not tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceDvitīyāMadhyāhna 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:53 → 18:1012:300 min12:310 min19 Jun
Chicago17:53 → 20:1012:280 min12:280 min19 Jun
Jersey City18:53 → 21:1012:340 min12:340 min19 Jun
Port of Spain18:53 → 21:1011:430 min11:440 min19 Jun
London23:53 → 02:1012:380 min12:380 min19 Jun
Durban00:53 → 03:1011:330 min11:330 min19 Jun
Dubai02:53 → 05:1011:560 min11:560 min19 Jun
Delhi04:23 → 06:4011:580 min11:590 min19 Jun
Kolkata04:23 → 06:4011:140 min11:140 min19 Jun
Singapore06:53 → 09:1012:420 min12:420 min19 Jun
Sydney08:53 → 11:1011:320 min11:330 min19 Jun
Suva10:53 → 13:1011:430 min11:4448 min20 Jun
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rathayatra@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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